* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVEE BREACH…
NORTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI…

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 820 PM CDT…THE LEVEE NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 67 NEAR LINCOLN
SHIELDS…PROTECTING LAND FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER…BREACHED
AND WAS RAPIDLY FLOODING NEARBY LAND. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED FLASH FLOODING WAS BEGINNING TO OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…WEST ALTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.